I am taking my first try at breeding. I just bred my first gilt a Duroc. We brought her home from our county fair where she placed second in her class. She is a Lovechild daughter and we just bred her to Cash from LVS. Wanted to get some opinions on her.
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Welcome aboard...........you must be excited..........you aren't spoiling her now are you:) Thats a nice big looking clean pen and are those bowling balls to play with in there?
Good for you man take good care of her and enjoy every minute, be responable and you'll never look back.
Best Wishes-Derek Myers
Good for you man take good care of her and enjoy every minute, be responable and you'll never look back.
Best Wishes-Derek Myers
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I like her design. The only thing that may be a drawback as a breeding female is that I only see three teats on her left side. Could be the angle of the photo. Good Luck!
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If you are serious about making good durocs, I would call John Huinker. He most certainly has boars that will add the needed width to your gilt's offspring. He has some of the best (most successful) red hogs in the showpig world and will not steer you wrong. Might want to consider it for your next mating.
Good luck.
Good luck.
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piglets finally
My Duroc finally had her litter, 2 days late. It was a good day in that I got 5, 4 boars and 1 gilt. 2 others were born dead They were the biggest. She had a rough go at it, I think. She kept pushing two out at a time. To boars, then 2 more, then a single gilt. The two dead ones were also gilts. I am glad it is over and look forward to raising what I got. They all act good and look good so far.